Adolescent bariatric surgery

摘要

Pediatric obesity is one of the most important health concerns today. Obesity can lead to other diseases including type 2 diabetes mellitus, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. These other conditions used to be seen in only adults with obesity, but physicians are now seeing these "adult" diseases in obese children and adolescents. The best treatments for prevention and treatment of obesity are a balanced diet and exercise. In some cases of extreme obesity when diet and exercise have failed, bariatric surgery is considered as a treatment. There are 2 types of bariatric surgery.